diff --git a/bdw-gc.pc.in b/bdw-gc.pc.in
index ef4c23410..a32e7598c 100644
--- a/bdw-gc.pc.in
+++ b/bdw-gc.pc.in
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Boehm-Demers-Weiser Conservative Garbage Collector
 Description: A garbage collector for C and C++
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lgc
+Libs: -L${libdir} @ATOMIC_OPS_LIBS@ -lgc
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 31c3be858..4040d3537 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1074,7 +1074,9 @@ AS_IF([test x"$with_libatomic_ops" = xno \
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([which libatomic_ops to use])
 AS_IF([test x"$with_libatomic_ops" != xno],
   [ AS_IF([test x"$with_libatomic_ops" != xnone -a x"$THREADS" != xnone],
-          [ AC_MSG_RESULT([external]) ],
+          [ AC_MSG_RESULT([external])
+            ATOMIC_OPS_LIBS="-latomic_ops"
+            AC_SUBST([ATOMIC_OPS_LIBS]) ],
           [ AC_MSG_RESULT([none])
             AS_IF([test x"$THREADS" != xnone],
                   [ AC_DEFINE([GC_BUILTIN_ATOMIC], [1],